Tap Dance Performing Arts

The Tap Dance category references sites about all aspects of tap dancing including tap dance history, events, audio and video of tap, discussion of tap dance, and much more.Quick Definition of Tap Dance - Tap dancing is a form of artistic expression that uses the foot (wearing special tap shoes with metal on the bottom) as a percussive instrument.

• Vance's Fantastic Tap Dance Dictionary - A glossary of tap dance terms, including names of steps and combinations, and descriptions of the movements. There is an extended history of tap, as well as video clips and information about Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
  
• ATDI Teacher Training & Certification - American Tap Dance Institute's year long program to train and certify tap teachers. Includes registration and course details.
  
• TapWeb Cintia Martin - This Brazilian tap dancer offers information on Brazilian tap companies, tap tips, interviews, links, and photos. Site is in Portuguese and English.
  
• Columbus Taps - Tap Festival in Columbus, Ohio. Includes Teacher list, performance information, and registration information.
  
• Cintia Chamecki - Brazilian tapper Cintia Chamecki regularly performs her tap choreography and improvisation in New York City, Brazil, Japan and Portugal. She recently completed her first solo show, "Ta No Pe" directed by Susana Ribeiro. Video clips of Cintia tap
  
• Tap Kids - Summer Tap program including classes and a performance as well as a chance to work with the cast and creators of the national touring show “Tap Kids.”
  
• Vancouver Tap Dance Society - Promoter of tap dance in British Columbia and host of festivals, performances, and educational programs.
  
• Recreational Tappers of Southwest Florida - Non-profit network of recreational tap dancers with a focus on the appreciation for and participation in the performance of live tap dancing. Includes member list, newsletter, photos, and calendar of events.
  
• Tap Dance in Switzerland - Tap dance news weblog.
  
• Alfred Desio - Inventor of Tap-Tronics, a system that allows a tap dancer to play electronic instruments using the sound of the taps as a source.
  
• Southeastern Tap Explosion INC. - Sponsors workshops and works to bring master tap dancers to the Southeast on a regular bases. Includes schedule of events and teacher listings.
  
• Cristina Delius - Tap Dancer - Homepage of portuguese tap dancer Cristina Delius. Videos and information on international workshops, shows and more.
  
• Tap Boston - General information about tap in Boston, including classes and events.
  
• Music Works - Music and videos for learning tap, jazz, ballet, and hip hop.
  
• Lockery Tap & Theatre Dance - Sisters Patricia and Lesley J. Lockery specialize in musical theater and offer choreography and master classes in tap and theater dance for students and professionals.
  
• BeanTown Tap Festival - The BeanTown Tap Festival is a yearly tap dance festival held in Boston, MA
  
• Tapestry Rhythm Tap Company - Rhythm tap dance company located in Dublin, Ireland. Founded by choreographer Diana Richardson in 1996, Tapestry conducts regular rhythm tap workshops, classes, and performances.
  
• Maui Tap Experience - Hawaiian Islands International Tap Festival. Includes dates, teacher list and ticket information.
  
• Bamboozled - Film starring Savion Glover as a tap-dancing street artist.
  
• NY Tap - Information about special events, a tap extravaganza, outdoor shows, and a young people's conference, all in New York.
  
• Dr. James "Buster" Brown (May 17, 1913 - May 7, 2002) - Site Dedicated to the memory of Dr. James 'Buster' Brown (1913-2002), who was a member of two influential groups of master tap dancers, "The Copasetics" and "The Hoofers."
  
• Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Institute (St. Louis Tap Festival) - Host of the annual St. Louis Tap Festival and presenter of "All That Tap XV." Site also includes links and Photographs.
  
• Roxane Butterfly and Djellabah Groove - Tap Dancer/poet Roxane Butterfly and her new show called "Djellabah Groove." The show is a combination of tap, visuals, spoken word and live music.
  
• Just4Tap.com - Performer, Master Teacher, and Choreographer Anthony LoCascio's tap site. Includes class and convention schedule, bio, guest book, online chat, dance notes and links.
  
• Chicago Tap Theatre - CTT's mission is to preserve, promote and make tap accessible to a broad spectrum of people through story-based shows and innovative presentation, educate. Includes info and pictures.
  
• Offjazz Dance World - Contains multiple tap resources including video clips, tap history, tap star profiles, terminology, workshops, and tap links.
  
• West Coast Tap Dance Collective - Non-profit group hosts monthly tap jams, annual tap dance day celebrations, and performances.
  
• The Tap Dance Blog - Tap dance music, news, tips, and auditions for anyone who loves tap dancing. Updated several times a week.
  
• Alberto Agüero - Alberto Agüero is a renowned tap-dancer and teacher in Argentina.
  
• Tap Dogs - Site for popular tap show created by Dein Perry. Includes story, photo gallery, and ticket information.
  
• American Tap Dance Foundation (ADTF) - Formerly known as the American Tap Dance Orchestra, the ATDF is a non-profit dance company founded by Brenda Bufalino, Tony Waag, and the late Charles ‘Honi’ Coles. Sponsors performances, educational programs, history and archival projects as well as
  
• Just The Beat Just The Feet - Improvisational tap dancing based on the experience of Tony Curtis. Includes video clips.
  
• Ira Bernstein - Ten Toe Percussion - Percussive step dancer Ira Bernstein's site offers a bio, video clips, calendar of events, programs and formats, photos, and merchandise.
  
• National Tap Ensemble - America's national tap dance company directed by Chris Baker. Features tapper's page with answers to over 200 tap related questions. Information on educational programs, International Tap Dance Network, American Tap Dance Institute, and many other tap r
  
• Jay Fagan - Promotional website for Jay Fagan, tap choreographer, teacher and Las Vegas performder.
  
• Just Tap - Tap dance merchandise including special professional tap shoe.
  
• Bay Area Rhythm Tap Company - Information on the Bay Area's most eclectic and entertaining rhythm tap company, directed by Debbie Sternbach. Includes photos, bios, class schedules and links.
  
• Nicholas Brothers - Biography of the Nicholas Brothers including photos for sale.
  
• Two For Tap - The official site of Michael and Essy including bios, pictures, video clips, tap forums, and contact information.
  
• Heather Cornell and Manhattan Tap - Touring tap ensemble headed by Heather Cornell. The Group holds an intensive, residencies, and workshops. Includes history of the group, and show calendar.
  
• Jazz Tap Center - Production office and Tap School, originally from Tel-Aviv, Israel - but now based and operating from New York City - USA. Produces tap dance performances, master classes, workshops, and festivals.
  
• Shinichi Matsumoto's Tap Wonderland - Shinichi Matsumoto's Tap Wonderland is a collector's online museum featuring tap dance recordings, books, video and memorabilia. The site offers a window into the Tap scene in Japan.
  
• TapMotif - The Beach Tap Festival - A unique tap dance festival by the beaches of Lefkada, Greece.
  
• Buster Cooper - Tap Dancer & Choreographer - Graded tap technique videos to aid teachers and students at home and in the classroom, offered by Buster Cooper. Includes bio, photographs, and ordering information.
  
• Jazz Tap UK - British site offers tap history in context of legendary UK and U.S. tap dancers on stage and screen. Photographs and video clips of Will Gaines and Tony Curtis included.
  
• Johnson and Peters Tap Dance - Johnson and Peters are tap dance artists with national and International credits. They offer free-lance choreography and performances and operate Johnson and Peters Tap Dance Studio located in Seattle, WA. Includes class schedule and event calendar.
  
• Bill "Bojangles" Robinson - The life and times of tap dancer Bill "Bojangles Robinson.
  
• Tony Waag - General information about Tony Waag including his role as Executive Producer of Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival, and many other contributions to the art of tap.
  
• Isabelles Academy of Tap - Tap classes for adults and children from beginners to advanced, based in Melbourne Ausralia
  
• Dance.Net - This site is a high traffic tap dance discussion forum with multiple sub-categories for tap.
  
• Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP) - The Chicago Human Rhythm Project sustains and advances tap and contemporary percussive dance as recognized art forms through year-round concert presentations, educational forums, the oldest annual tap festival in the world, and community outreach.
  
• Hot Tappers Tap Dance Class website - website for the Hot Tappers Tap Dance Class based in Cobham, Surrey, UK
  
• L.A. Tap Fest - Annual Tap Festival including classes and performances.
  
• Tap City: The New York City Tap Festival - Annual tap dance festival in New York City that offers master classes, training programs, premiere performances, city-wide events, International Tap Dance Hall of Fame, Tap Preservation, Tap Teacher and Hoofer Awards, and daily Tap Talks/Tap Film screenin
  
• Swinging Night of Tap - Tap Dance show directed by Birda Ringstand held in Decatur, GA. Includes show times and ticket information.
  
• Associated Tap Dancers - A tap dance association based in the United Kingdom. The association provides services, arranges events, publishes a quarterly magazine, "TAPUK," and sponsors the annual TAPUK festival.
  
• Time Step - Brief history of the time step with video clips. History of tap including sections on many tap greats with accompanying video clips.
  
• Third Coast Rhythm Project - Tap Festival in san Antonio including classes, courses, panel discussion, Tap Off, and concert.
  
  

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